Subject:      [GRIT][filk] 9:00 at Zuni's (RL Man)
From:         schimmel@blue.seas.upenn.edu (Scott Schimmel)
Date:         1997/03/11
Message-Id:   <5g4m8a$6kg@netnews.upenn.edu>
Newsgroups:   rec.arts.anime.misc

To the tune of Billy Joel's "Piano Man"...

It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday;
the regular crowd fills the room.
An immortal mage sits down next to me,
his voice desperate, heavy with gloom.

He says, "Friend, can't you write just one post for me?
I don't really care how it goes.
As long as it'll be in the Ken ni Kaze;
if I don't get some business, we'll close."

Write me a post, you're the RL here.
Write just one more tonight.
Chaos, comedy, angst, or a battle scene,
a one-liner -- as long as you write!

Now, Vince at the counter -- he's interesting,
a new kind of trouble each week.
It's quite a surprise he's managed to survive,
with his hot-tempered sister mindlinked.

He says, "Blade, I'm in love with Akemi-san;
I'd like your permission to date."
And I'd swear from upstairs there's a muffled scream;
Amy's taking it better, these days.

Write me a post, you're the RL here.
Write just one more tonight.
Chaos, comedy, angst, or a battle scene,
a one-liner -- as long as you write!

There's Al-X, the resident werewolf,
with his GRITvision camera in paw.
He's talking to Lisa, who's eating a piece of
Jason's house special pizza.

And the waitress is dodging artillery,
and the minions are watching the door.
And a horde of enraged women have revenge,
beating Happousai into the floor.

Write me a post, you're the RL here.
Write just one more tonight.
Chaos, comedy, angst, or a battle scene,
a one-liner -- as long as you write.

It's a pretty good crowd, just like usual,
so I wait for the fight to break out.
If Kasumi were here, we'd have nothing to fear;
as it is, the peace won't last, no doubt.

Besides, Epsi's plotting, inside Turnip Keep.
(Ratzik told me about it last night.)
We create threads-to-be, initiate newbies,
and everything works out all right.

--
Scott Schimmel                http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~schimmel/
Ex ignorantia ad sapientium;  "You really aren't normal, are you?"
ex luce ad tenebras.              -- Miki